Peace

Worry is belief gone wrong because you don't believe that God will get it right. Peace is belief that exhales because you believe that God's provision is everywhere - like air. - Ann Voskamp

Grief

When grief is deepest, words are fewest. - Ann Voskamp

Waiting

Waiting is just a gift of time in disguise --- a time to pray wrapped up in a ribbon of patience --- because is the Lord ever late? - Ann Voskamp

Thanks to God

When thanks to God becomes your habit, joy in God becomes your life. - Ann Voskamp

Wonder

Nothing wonderful happens in our lives without wonder. Wonder makes this is a wonderful life. Wonder nurtures wisdom. - Ann Voskamp

Fresh Mercies

When morning breaks, it breaks all of the mistakes of yesterday, breaks right through our dome of dark --- so all His fresh mercies can flood in. - Ann Voskamp

He is

You are brave enough for today because He is.

You are strong enough for what's coming because He is.

And you are enough for all this is because He. always. is.

- Ann Voskamp

Everyday Prayers

The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire. - Ann Voskamp

Focus

Focus on the overwhelming love of your God, not on the overwhelming look of your mountain. - Ann Voskamp

But

But it's not about me. It's about what he can do with my life. - Ann Voskamp

Grace

The grace in Christ is far greater than the mess in our crisis. - Ann Voskamp

Into the World

Christ came into the world

for you ---

and you came into the world

for Him. 

- Ann Voskamp, The Greatest Gift

To Find You

You have One who left the clamor of the 99, to find you, remind you, remake you, rename you, release you. - Ann Voskamp

For Such A Time As This

You are where you are for such a time as this --- not to make an impression but to make a difference. - Ann Voskamp

Two Words

There's an old and steadying wisdom cupped in the curve of just those two words, "Hope and Wait." - Ann Voskamp

God's Word

God's Word is the only thing that never falls apart and holds us when we're falling apart. - Ann Voskamp

Eucharisteo

Eucharisteo --- Thanksgiving --- always precedes the miracle. - Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts

His Word

God hands you lungs when he hands you His Word and says --- These are not idle words to you, they are your life. - Ann Voskamp

Mosaic of Grace

We live in a broken world - and for the life of me I can't get it all right. But Jesus takes all our broken messes and He makes them, by His grace, into a mosaic of grace. - Ann Voskamp

Loosen Up

The best way to raise up a kid is to just loosen up. Nothing ever got raised up when held down tight. - Ann Voskamp